Save The Dates!
Art In The Pearl® 2009, will be held on Saturday, September 5th (10-6), Sunday, September 6th (10-6) and Monday, September 7th (10-5), Labor Day Weekend.

Welcome to Portland's favorite arts festival
Art In The Pearl®, the annual arts festival, occurs every year on Labor Day weekend in early September. Our 12th Annual show was a tremendous success. Thanks to all of of you who helped to make this a great year. This festival fills the Northwest Portland Park blocks with art, theater, music, and hands-on activities for people of all ages.

Art In The Pearl® is a wonderful community event. Over one hundred artists show and sell work ranging from fine wooden furniture to beautiful paintings to photography, glass, clay, metal, jewelry, and much more! Art In The Pearl is ranked in the TOP 25 Fine Art events nationwide by the Art Fair Sourcebook. (download ArtFairSourcebook chart)

The new World Music Stage has a variety of music, and the education pavillion has hands-on art activities for children and adults. There is also delicious food for sale.

Location and Date
Art In The Pearl, is located in the Northwest Park blocks, between W Burnside and NW Glisan at NW 8th Ave in Portland, Oregon. [Map] The dates are always on Labor Day weekend in early September. Hours are 10am to 6pm Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 5pm on Monday.

Our Mission
It’s our mission to produce a festival that presents art, education, and entertainment in an interactive and comfortable environment.
We will enrich our community by giving back, giving now, and giving forward.

	Visual Artists The application deadline for our 2009 show closed on March 16th. Please visit our artists page in December for information on how to apply for our 2010 show. Our award winners for our 2008 show are: Chris Dahlquist, Gregg Graff and Jacqueline Pouyat, & Yoshi Aoki. Performance Artists The exciting new World Music Stage features local musicians with influences from all over the world. See the Entertainment page.		Volunteers Volunteers are always needed during the show. See the Volunteers page for details. Food Vendors We offer a wonderful selection of delicious food and beverages at Art In The Pearl. Menus and vendor information are on the Food page.		Sponsors We are always interested in partnering with local businesses to help our show continue to be one of the premier art shows in the west. If you are interested in helping to sponsor our show see the Sponsor page for details.

Art In The Pearl® is a registered trademark of Art In The Pearl.